Last January, former top prosecutor for Baltimore, Marilyn Mosby, requested prayer just days after being indicted on charges of perjury and making false mortgage applications.

Just weeks ago, she was convicted by a federal jury that determined she lied about the finances of a side business to improperly access retirement funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, using the money to buy two Florida homes.

Mosby served two terms as state’s attorney for Baltimore. A federal grand jury indicted her on perjury charges before a Democratic primary challenger defeated her last year.

James Wyda, a lawyer for Mosby, declined to comment, citing a gag order.

The maximum prison sentence for each count of perjury is five years, said a statement from U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron’s office. “We respect the jury’s verdict and remain steadfastly committed to our mission to uphold the rule of law, keep our country safe, protect the civil rights of all Americans, and safeguard public property,” he said.

Mosby gained a national profile for prosecuting Baltimore police officers after Freddie Gray, a Black man, died in police custody in 2015, which was Mosby’s first year in office. His death led to riots and protests in the city. None of the officers were convicted.

Mosby, who declined to testify before her attorneys rested their case, after the verdict said, “I’m blessed” as she left the courthouse and entered a waiting car.

It has been a rough 2023 for the 43-year-old. In July, she filed for divorce from her husband of 17 years, Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby.

At the time, the Mosbys issued a joint statement about the divorce proceedings.

"After careful consideration and much prayer, we have decided to end our marriage," the statement said. "We want to emphasize our commitment as strong co-parents moving forward. Our dedication to our family and community remains unwavering."

The former couple shares two daughters, Aniyah and Nylyn.

Mosby’s woes continue to mount, as she also faces separate charges of mortgage fraud. A trial date for those charges hasn’t been set.

In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Mosby withdrew $90,000 from Baltimore city’s deferred compensation plan. She received her full salary, about $250,000 that year.

Mosby’s 2022 indictment accused her of improperly accessing retirement funds by falsely claiming that the pandemic harmed a travel-oriented business that she had formed. She used the withdrawals as down payments to buy a home in Kissimmee, Florida, and a condominium in Long Boat Key, Florida.

Prosecutors argued that Mosby wasn’t entitled to access the funds under provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. They said her business, Mahogany Elite Enterprises, had no clients or revenue and didn’t sustain any “adverse financial consequences” from the pandemic.

Prior to her criminal conviction, Mosby hosted her first 'Invest In Me' spirituality retreat at The Cliffs Hotel Negril in Jamaica. She recapped the event in an Instagram post, writing, “We laughed, we cried, we shared intimate moments, and together, we embraced new beginnings.”

In that same post, she confessed, “These past few years have been challenging, and it's through the exploration of my spirituality that I've found my path.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Delaney told jurors during the trial, “This case is about a lawyer and a public servant who placed her own selfish interests above the truth.”

Mosby made separate withdrawals of $40,000 and $50,000 from the city retirement plan. Prosecutors say the money in the account is held in trust and belongs to the city until a plan participant is eligible to make a withdrawal.

One of Mosby’s lawyers said she was legally entitled to withdraw the money and spend it however she wanted. Mosby told the truth when she certified on paperwork that the pandemic devastated her business, said federal public defender James Wyda.

During the trial’s closing arguments, Wyda said Mosby spent time and money to start a business designed to help “women of color” in business to travel to retreats.

“You know the world stopped when the pandemic hit” in 2020, Wyda told jurors. “What company or business associated with the pandemic didn’t stop when the global pandemic hit?”

A. Scott Bolden, a lawyer who initially represented Mosby but later withdrew from the case, has described the charges as “bogus” and claimed the case is “rooted in personal, political and racial animus.”

During her tenure as state’s attorney, Mosby received national recognition for her progressive policies and became a lightning rod for criticism from those who thought she went too far. Among other high-profile decisions, Mosby stopped prosecuting certain low-level crimes, a practice her successor has reversed.

U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby agreed to move Mosby’s trial from Baltimore to Greenbelt, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C.

Mosby’s attorneys argued that she couldn’t get a fair trial in Baltimore after years of negative media coverage. Prosecutors opposed the venue change, saying Mosby had sought and encouraged coverage of the case. ___ This story has been updated to remove an incorrect quote from Marilyn Mosby. A previous version of this story quoted her as saying “I don’t know what else to say,” when she actually said “I have nothing else to say.”

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Associated Press writer Lea Skene in Baltimore contributed to this report.